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The Association of Professional Futurists (APF) is hosting its thirdtwitter chaton Thursday, December 9, 2010 from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. EST. Use these hashtags: #apf #futrchat. You can find information about the first two futrchatshere.

How do you see the future of work?

An organization called

The Future of Work is composed of HR, IT, and facilities professionals. On their website, they make several provocative claims.

Work is no longer a place you go; it’s what you do.

The future of work will be radically different than anything we know today, or can even imagine. In the economy of the future people will get their work done where and when they need to-or want to.

Managing work and talent in today’s dynamic, distributed, mobile economy is incredibly challenging-but highly rewarding. We offer guidance and advice on how to succeed in a world that’s being turned upside down by technology, globalization, demographics, and environmental concerns.

Questions about the future of work

As we were planning this chat, Jennifer Jarratt and I wondered about the future of professions. Our respective fields, journalism and architecture, are both traditional professions that are not sure of their futures, or if they will even remain professions per se.

Will we continue with disciplinary silos? Do specialty fields still serve a purpose or are they a thing of the past?

How will aging affect work?

How do knowledge migration, crowdsourcing, co-creating, social media, and communication technology change the ways we work? Are trades or professions more affected?

How does globalization of manufacturing and services affect work? And the corresponding notion of localization?

What is the connection between the currentlackluster job market and the future of work?Is a weak job market a temporary anomaly or the shape of things to come?

How will we work in 2020, 2030, or even 2050 differently than today? Here is aTED video by Jason Fried, author ofRework, about the future of work, featured on CNN last week. He proposes non-talk times to enable creative work without distractions.I love that idea. Is it realistic?

You are welcome to join the APF #futrchatto share your ideas aboutthe future of work. We’ve hosted chats on the future of education and thefuture of money. Both were exhilarating experiences. I think people learned and shared at a pace you cannot find. If I had to say one word, it’s intense.

Jennifer Jarratt will pitch provocative questions and I willadd color commentary. You canadd your own colors, add links (if they pertain and are not promotional ads), andreveal your ideas about the future ofwork.Together, we will make some sense about future possibilities.

After all, we all care deeply about the future of work. It’s what we do,how we spend a great deal of time,an identity, andhow we create, produce,and build wealth.Are you working in a new paradigm, or are you supporting a current or past way of work?

What do you think will be the future of work?

Join us on Twitter by searching for #futrchat. Please use #apf #futrchat in your tweets and the Question #suchas Q1, Q2, Q3 etc.

As alternative to twitter.com, here are two sites where you join the chat.